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2012 Tennessee elections

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2012 Tennessee elections

Tennessee state elections in 2012 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, as well as various judicial retention elections, were held on August 2, 2012.

In 2012, Tennessee was a stronghold for the Republican Party, and was considered a reliable "red state." Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College at the time. In the general election, Republican candidate Mitt Romney won the state with 59.42% of the vote to Incumbent Democratic President Obama's 39.04%.

The presidential primaries were held on March 6, 2012. Rick Santorum won Tennessee's Republican primary over former governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. Incumbent President Barack Obama won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker won a second term in a landslide, carrying all but two counties in the state.

August 2, 2012, Primary Results

Tennessee elected nine U.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts.

Results by senate districts

Elections for 16 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 6, 2012.

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